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 Pitirim Alexandrovitch Sorokin 1889-1968 - Russian-American sociologist

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His writings cover the breadth of sociology; his controversial theories of social process and of the historical typology of cultures are expounded in Social and Cultural Dynamics (4 vol., 1937–41; rev. and abridged ed. 1957) and many other works. He was also interested in social stratification, the history of sociological theory, and altruistic behavior.

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Reading

autobiography, Leaves from a Russian Diary—and Thirty Years After (enl. ed. 1950, repr. 1970); \

Hunger as a Factor in Human Affairs (1919-1921)(first published, 1975)
The Sociology of Revolution (1925)
Social Mobility (1927-1941)
Contemporary Sociological Theories (1928-)
Principles of Rural-Urban Sociology (with Carl Zimmerman) (1929)
A Systematic Sourcebook in Rural-Urban Sociology, 3 Volumes (with Carl Zimmerman and C. Galpin) (1930-1932)
Social and Cultural Dynamics, 4 vols (1937-1941)
Leaves From a Russian Diary (1950)
Reconstruction of Humanity 1948
Crisis of Our Age (1941)
Contemporary Sociological Theories (1928)
Sociology of Revolution (1924)
Man and Society in Calamity (1942)
Sociocultural Causality, Space, Time (1943)
The Pattern of the Past: Can We Determine It (with P. Geyl, A. Toynbee) (1949)
Social Philosophies of an Age of Crisis (1950)
The Meaning of Our Crisis (1951)
Modern History and Social Philosophies
Altruistic Love: A Strudy of American Good Neighbors and Christian Saints (1950)
Sorokin, ed: Explorations in Altruistic Love and Behavior (1950)
The Ways and Power of Love (1954)
Forms and Techniques of Altruistic and Spiritual Growth (1954)
Social and Cultural Mobility (1959)
Power and Morality (with Walter Lunden) (1959)
Society, Culture, and Personality: Their Structure and Dynamics (1962)
Long Journey: The Autobiography of Pitirim A. Sorokin 1963
The Basic Trends of Our TImes (1964)

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Commentary

A Panoramic View of Society and Culture

A Renaissance Of Hope

study by J. J. P. Maquet (1951, repr. 1973); 

F. R. Cowell, Values in Human Society; the Contributions of P. A. Sorokin to Sociology (1970).

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